丝腺 [
sī xiàn]
[昆] sericterium
[昆] silk gland
- 丝腺内的分泌物完全用尽,方化蛹变蛾。
The silk gland secretions completely exhausted, the moths pupate change. - 蜘蛛有7个不同的丝腺,可以吐出拥有不同特点的蛛丝。
Spiders have seven different silk glands that can produce silk with different properties. - 而过早的结晶会阻塞丝腺,蚕很可能为此丧命。
Premature crystallization would clog up their silk glands, which would likely prove fatal to the little creatures.